Letters to The Editor: It's time to stand, fight 'those left-wing sissies'

Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2002

Three cheers for the Bill of Rights, our God-blessed nation and John Goodman of Amarillo.

After Goodman was lambasted for his statement about Michael Newdow in a July 3 editorial by the Globe-News, it's time someone let those left-wing sissies have it from someone on the right.

It's not Newdow's atheism that bothers most Americans; it's that he's part of a growing group that runs to the courts claiming "disenfranchisement," like the person who smokes two packs of cigarettes a day, gets lung cancer and sues the tobacco company claiming he was bamboozled.

In conservative Amarillo, several of our public school students have refused to stand or recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Never in my 49 years have I heard of one incident where the "refusee" was harassed. If it was such a traumatic experience for some who refused, they sure got over it later in life while banging on my front door, trying to convert me into a Jehovah's Witness.

Greg Sagan, in his July 2 column, told of how one of his sons was forced to recite the pledge, alone, in front of his classmates. I agree: No one should be forced to recite the pledge. Sagan concluded his column with, "Maybe the solution is to just sit down and shut up."

My own advice would be: If one is weary of the odious transgressions of liberal judges, replace them. Elect conservative senators and presidents. The president nominates federal and Supreme Court justices, and the Senate approves them. Also, it takes a majority of conservative senators to approve a conservative justice nominee.

The next time you hear of some ridiculous ruling by our courts or some farcical claim of discrimination, do what our patriot John Goodman did: Stand up and yell, "Send the bum to Saudi Arabia!" It's your God-given right as an American.